Poll: Majority of voters backing Sanders would be OK with Clinton

Some Democratic voters might be all in for Bernie Sanders, but they would be OK with Hillary Clinton, too.

According to the results of the latest national Monmouth University poll out Wednesday, 59 percent of those backing Sanders for the nomination said they would be enthusiastic or satisfied with Clinton as their party's standard bearer next November. Overall, 80 percent of Democratic voters would be fine with Clinton as their nominee, while 11 percent said they would be dissatisfied and 5 percent said they would be upset.

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Clinton maintained her strong double-digit lead over Sanders nationally, earning 59 percent to his 26 percent. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley ticked up three points, to 4 percent, while 8 percent remained undecided. In the university's last national poll, Clinton held a similar advantage of 57 percent to 24 percent. Favorability ratings are largely unchanged from the last two months, as well.

As far as the issues weighing most heavily on Democrats' minds, 27 percent cited economic issues, while 20 percent called national security and terrorism the most important challenges facing the United States.

The poll was conducted Dec. 10-13 via landlines and cellphones, surveying 374 registered voters who identified as Democrats or independents who leaned toward the Democratic Party. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.1 percentage points.